Two new teachers join the ranks

Rae C. Stedman Elementary is welcoming two of its previous students back as staff as the new school year kicks off.

Kerri Curtiss will be teaching reading to third through fifth grade students as well as teaching a high school physical education class.

Curtiss grew up in Petersburg before graduating from Central Washington University in 2005. She taught second graders in Washington for two years and decided to move back to Petersburg to be closer to family.

“It’s pretty cool to walk around and remember the same old classrooms,” Curtiss said.

Curtiss will work with groups of three to five stude...